The Only Daughter: A Domestic Story, Volume 2Colburn, 1839 |
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... cold though to judge from the culinary aroma that floated through the house , it could scarcely have had time to cool in its journey from the kitchen . The hostess , too , wanted that delightful tact of self - possession which will ...
... cold though to judge from the culinary aroma that floated through the house , it could scarcely have had time to cool in its journey from the kitchen . The hostess , too , wanted that delightful tact of self - possession which will ...
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... , " nothing which I can at all dignify with the old esta- blished honours and title of dinner ; I was offered a cold mutton chop at my last stage , but you do not suspect me of condescending to the 40 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
... , " nothing which I can at all dignify with the old esta- blished honours and title of dinner ; I was offered a cold mutton chop at my last stage , but you do not suspect me of condescending to the 40 THE ONLY DAUGHTER .
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... cold and uncared for on her ear as does the light- ning's flash upon the impassive ice . Would the unawakened heart ask the spell that drew the honey and the sting together from the first flattery of Helen's youthful beauty ? It may ...
... cold and uncared for on her ear as does the light- ning's flash upon the impassive ice . Would the unawakened heart ask the spell that drew the honey and the sting together from the first flattery of Helen's youthful beauty ? It may ...
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... cold , but when Miss Annesley turned round from time to time with a gay sentence or a sportive appeal , he would reply with a smile so splendid and peculiar as to be startling . It was the rarest of human smiles- it D 3 THE ONLY ...
... cold , but when Miss Annesley turned round from time to time with a gay sentence or a sportive appeal , he would reply with a smile so splendid and peculiar as to be startling . It was the rarest of human smiles- it D 3 THE ONLY ...
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... cold and still , and statuelike , — the Cyprian sculptor's goddess , " and the Major looked archly at his fair companion , as if wish- ing to pique her into a contradiction . 66 " Cold ! oh dear dear , " said Helen ardently , you have ...
... cold and still , and statuelike , — the Cyprian sculptor's goddess , " and the Major looked archly at his fair companion , as if wish- ing to pique her into a contradiction . 66 " Cold ! oh dear dear , " said Helen ardently , you have ...
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Page 1 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 191 - And blushed and smiled the tale to hear, Poured from her dark-eyed cavalier ; And yet, I too must moralize, Albeit with gentler sympathies, Of all my own fond heart can tell Of love's despair, and love's farewell, — Its many miseries ; — its tears, Like lava, not like dew ; — its fears, That make hope painful ; — then its trust, So often trampled in the dust ; — Neglected, blighted, and betrayed, A sorrow and a mockery made ! Then change and adverse fortune, all That binds and keeps sweet...
Page 245 - The Gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That rightly think'st and hast most rightly said.